About the book: 2022 / A painfully beautiful story about friendship, betrayal and mysterious disappearance against the backdrop of sunny California before the era of the technological boom. Thirteen-year-old Yulabi and her best friend Maria The Fabiolas spend their days exploring their home neighborhoods and the foggy beaches of San Francisco. One day, on the way to school, Maria states that she saw a suspicious person in the car. Friends confirm her words, but Yulabi is sure that nothing like that happened. The disagreement leads to a quarrel, soon after which Maria disappears, and Yulabi is faced with a choice: to abandon her truth or become an outcast. “A mysterious story about teenage friendship, as lively, poignant and heartfelt as the novels of Elena Ferrante.” – O, The Oprah Magazine